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Interesting to see that Techcrunch have questioned Google’s post of a trillion unique URLs indexed, saying it’s more like 40 billion.  That’s still a lot, but why would Google mislead us? Because a major new competitor is launched next week, according to Techcrunch’s view of the world.

Google blog about the fact that they’ve just exceeded indexing over 1 trillion unique URLs.  That’s 1,000,000,000,000.  That’s 1,000 times more than the billion pages they reached on their indexes in 2000, which was 400 times more than the 26 million pages they indexed way back in 1998. 1,000,000,000,000 unique web pages. What are they…

I’ve blogged lots about social networks, social media, Web 2.0, blogs, mobile banking, mobile payments, internet banking and more. My continual gripe has been: where is the Bank 2.0?  I’ve been talking about it, but I’ve never seen one. Today, I saw the first Bank 2.0.  It’s Spanish. It’s BBVA. Rather than repeating the description…

I’ve blogged lots about social networks, social media, Web 2.0, blogs, mobile banking, mobile payments, internet banking and more. My continual gripe has been: where is the Bank 2.0?  I’ve been talking about it, but I’ve never seen one. Today, I saw the first Bank 2.0.  It’s Spanish. It’s BBVA. Rather than repeating the description…

Great example here of social media websites that rock, according to mashable.com.   Of the 35 corporate websites chosen, including Blendtec (my favourite), Cisco, Coca-Cola, Dell, Ford, IBM, Marriott, McDonalds, the New York Times, Starbucks, Toyota and Xerox, three financial firms make the lists:   HSBC, for their UK Business Network; Visa, for their Facebook…

Great example here of social media websites that rock, according to mashable.com.   Of the 35 corporate websites chosen, including Blendtec (my favourite), Cisco, Coca-Cola, Dell, Ford, IBM, Marriott, McDonalds, the New York Times, Starbucks, Toyota and Xerox, three financial firms make the lists:   HSBC, for their UK Business Network; Visa, for their Facebook…

I’m not sure how far this series will run but, like the numbers series, I thought I would start a "can’t hide anything" series.  This is where information is leaked so fast it could be completely transparent. The star of the first of the series is Microsoft.  This is nothing to do with my previous…

I’m not sure how far this series will run but, like the numbers series, I thought I would start a "can’t hide anything" series.  This is where information is leaked so fast it could be completely transparent. The star of the first of the series is Microsoft.  This is nothing to do with my previous…

I’m not sure how far this series will run but, like the numbers series, I thought I would start a "can’t hide anything" series.  This is where information is leaked so fast it could be completely transparent. The star of the first of the series is Microsoft.  This is nothing to do with my previous…

For those who bank online and want to be educated about phishing, spam, online security and viruses through an easy-to-follow ABC video, then Barclays are your bank. A new vidcast launched last week that is quite educational and interesting, and talks about PINSentry and all that good stuff. Worth a viewing for the uneducated ……